pseudocompliment

See also: pseudo-compliment

English

Noun

pseudocompliment (plural pseudocompliments)

1. Alternative form of pseudo-compliment
   • 1985, Hans-Peter Stahl, Propertius: "love" and "war", page 61:

     This time, however, the true valuation of the two poets — disguised in the former poem by a pseudocompliment to Ponticus and ironic self-effacement on Propertius' part — is out in the open from the beginning […]